Blood drive draws in donors

A regionwide blood drive tapped into more than 50 donors who gave blood in the Newport-Mesa area, but the event missed the main vein and was several pints shy of each city's goals.

A Tuesday blood drive at Costa Mesa's Emergency Operations Center collected 19 pints from 19 people who donated as part of the seventh Battle of the Badges event, according to Laura Rudd, a donor recruitment manager with the American Red Cross.